THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Thursday, May 18, 1995 TAG: 9505180833
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During Virginia Beach's annual police memorial service Wednesday, law-enforcement officers honored colleagues killed in the line of duty.
Eight officers have died in service to the city. The first, St. Elmo C. Trower, was killed in 1923 in a motorcycle accident. The last, George W. Starr, was killed in 1991 when he stopped to help an accident victim and was hit by another car.
In the United States last year, 157 officers died in the line of duty, including three on the Peninsula.
Those names were added to a national memorial in Washington during a ceremony Monday.
At 4 p.m. today, police in Chesapeake will honor fallen officers at a ceremony at police headquarters at 704 Albemarle Drive. ILLUSTRATION: LAWRENCE JACKSON/Staff [color] Photos
The ceremonial procession Wednesday of a riderless horse honors the
memory of slain officers in Virginia Beach and the country.
Gene Starr, an officer in the Ocean Spring, Miss., Police
Department, stands near the Virginia Beach memorial. A member of the
Starr family was killed by a hit-and-run driver in 1991.
by CNB